Freedom Kitchen

Interested in making sourdough bread? Here’s your chance to take a class 🍞

Did you know that Cookies & Cream owner Alaina Lewis Campbell also teaches sourdough bread baking classes?

While her classes are typically offered during the six months each year that the ice cream shop is closed, she's hosting a rare summer class this Thursday, June 18, at 6:30 PM at the Orion Township Parks & Recreation Orion Recreation Center.

If you've been wanting to learn how to bake your own delicious sourdough bread from scratch, now is your chance. Only a few spots remain, and registration closes Tuesday at 9 PM.

Don't wait—secure your spot before the class fills!

REGRISTRATION LINK: https://app.amilia.com/store/en/orion-township/shop/activities/6872477

Recipe testing this week 👩‍🍳🍎🍌🥥
Which will make the cut?

There is a lengthy list of lessons here:

🤔 Which of these contain whole grains?
🤔 How many different types of flour do you think were used?
🤔 Which ones were sweetened with fruit instead of refined sugar?
🤔 How did I lower the glycemic impact without sacrificing flavor?

Hidden throughout these recipes are:

🍌 Bananas
🎃 Pumpkin
🍎 Apples
🫐 Raspberries
🍓 Strawberries
🥥Coconut
🌴 Dates

This is what curriculum development looks like at Freedom Kitchen.

Not just making food. Teaching kids (and parents) to become curious. To ask questions.

👇 Take a guess:
How many different flours do you think are represented in this photo? And which treat would you try first? 🍪🧁🍫🥧

What does curriculum development look like? 🧐
At Freedom Kitchen families learn that food connects us to:
🌱 Agriculture
🐝 Pollinators and ecosystems
🌎 Geography and culture
🚜 Farmers and food production
💰 Economics and food systems
🧠 Health and nutrition
🍳 Practical life skills
Yes, the kids will learn to cook.
But they'll also learn to ask better questions.
Where did this food come from?
Who grew it?
Why does it grow there?
How does it impact my body?
What happens if that food disappears?
The recipe is often the smallest part of the lesson.
The real goal is helping kids understand the world through food.
That's the depth of what we're building at Freedom Kitchen.
Because food literacy is about far more than following directions in a cookbook.💜

Fall Registration is open: www.freedomkitchenkids.com

CALLING ALL KID ENTREPRENEURS! 🍦✨
Do you have a small business, creative talent, product, craft, or special skill you’d love to share with the community?

This July, Cookies & Cream is looking for young entrepreneurs to be featured during our Tuesday Kids Nights as we celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary and the freedom we have to dream, create, and build something of our own.

We want to support and spotlight kids in our community who are already creating amazing things!

If your child would like to participate, please send us a PM on social media or stop by Cookies & Cream.

Spots are limited each week and we’d love to showcase a variety of young entrepreneurs throughout the month!

We can’t wait to see what these amazing kids have created ❤️

This Saturday! 10am-2pm we will kick off our 1st annual Rare apple tree sale! We will have hundreds of apple tree varieties available and they are all from our grafting efforts for the preservation orchard. Inventory is limited. Some have names you may recognize, others you will never have heard of. Some varieties there are only a couple trees remaining in the world.

We will have a variety of fresh eating, cider, all purpose, and pie/baking apples. Trees will be $24.99 or 2 for $40.

1426 Oakland Ave. in St. Clair, MI

Mini pastry puffs coming to a cooking class near you…. 😋

Interested? Ask how to make these healthy.

You really had to be there to appreciate all the work the kids put in to this. Creative, competent kids. These are the future leaders.

💜 Those who can create will create the future 💜

If you missed it, you missed out.

📸 Alyssa Lynn Schultz